First official seal of Washington Technical Institute. Washington Technical Institute was intended to provide training opportunities leading to associate degrees and certificates in engineering and related technologies, business and related...

United States. National Bureau of Standards;
Washington Technical Institute

The WTI campus was on the site formerly occupied by the National Bureau of Standards. Beginning in 1967, the old testing laboratories of the National Bureau of Standards were modified into technical classrooms; government offices remodeled with...

United States Department of Defense Presents The Tennessee State Players Guild of Tennessee State University in "Rhythm Time", A Two-Act Variety Show, by Thomas E. Poag on European Tour, April-May, 1970.

Dr. Walter M. Brown (left) whose P.h. D. in education from North Carolina College in 1955 marked the first time in the United States a P.h.D. was conferred by a Historically Black College or University, is shown receiving degree and congratulations...

Sam Jones, one of the all-time greatest National Basketball Association players and coach Floyd Brown are pictured holding trophies. Sam Jones played at North Carolina Central University from 1951 to 1954 and then served in the United States Army...

Ralph Boston, a 1961 Graduate of Tennessee A & I State University (Now Tennessee State University), Is Pictured in His United States Olympic Track Uniform With His Running Shoes. He Specialized in the Long Jump and Won a Gold Medal at the 1960 Rome...

Members of the Tigerbelles Track Team at Tennessee A & I State University, Wilma Rudolph and Lucinda Williams, Train for the 1959 Pan American Games. They Were Also Members of the 1960 United States Olympic Team.

Members of the Tigerbelles Track Team of Tennessee A & I State University Pose in Their U.S. Olympic Track Suits With Coach Edward S. Temple. Pictured are Isabelle Daniels, Barbara Jones, Lucinda Williams and Wilma Rudolph. Coach Temple Is Wearing...

A Native of Bayside, N.Y., Mae Faggs Earned the Distinction of Being the First United States Female to Participate in Three Different Olympics (1948, 1952 and 1956). She Won a Gold Medal in the 4 x 100-Meter Relay at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki...

Color photograph of Dr. Dolores M. R. Spikes. Dr. Dolores Spikes served as Southern's sixth President but, she also served as the university's third president of the Southern University system. She was also the first female to lead a public...

Dr. Leroy T. Walker became the fifth chancellor of North Carolina Central University in 1983. Dr. Walker previously served as interim chancellor, chair of the Department of Physical Education and Recreation, and head coach for North Carolina...